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OK Get ready to book a trip to Wynyard Tasmania, because we have just taken possession of the ‘world’s rarest chocolate’ . Anvers Chocolate have sourced and produced a new organic Peruvian Pure Nacional Dark Chocolate- Fortunato No. 4 made from the world’s rarest chocolate and a direct descendant of the original mother cacao tree. …

Staff night out to see Baz Luhrman’s latest offering, The Great Gatsby. we all agreed the costumes were amazing and the story was captivating! Thinking we might have to update the housekeepers uniforms soon, maybe flapper style!. And yes, we love our choc tops!

The sunrises this week have been stunningly beautiful. Something about the crisp winter air kissing the warm sea waters seems to imbue a palette of gorgeous morning hues. If only I was brave enough to take a dip!

Winter is a challenge in this business. No two ways about it. Any business has its ups and downs, to be sure, but hospitality it seems particularly succumbs. The trick is to review constantly what you do, and how you do it. For instance. We shut our restaurant about a year ago. People had slowed …

Hello to all my readers out there- hello? Hello? Is there anybody out there? Well, okay maybe not that many just yet, but bear with me on my ponderings…..it helps keep me sane! Winter has finally arrived in Tassie! Its has been the warmest Autumn I have experienced here and frankly, I was beginning to …

What a treat! To see several beautifully restored MGs and Austin Healey sprites parked out the front of the motel. From a previous visit from an MG car club group, we had a couple of members decide to bring the Austin Healey Sprite group along to our lovely spot. Sadly the weather was a …

Well, after a fairly busy breakfast, I’m not sure what really possessed me, but I decided to tackle the spot that I had been eyeing off for some time as a new sunflower garden. The poor unloved piece of earth, right behind room 12 and 11, was crying out for some lovin’, and now …